Through our core values of courage, tolerance, and creativity, we work in Uppvidinge Municipality to provide excellent service and develop socially important functions for our residents, visitors, and businesses. Uppvidinge Municipality is the municipality's largest employer with approximately 800 employees. With us, we want our employees to feel highly involved, and there should be room for flexibility and development.
We offer meaningful work where together we have the opportunity to truly make a difference for the municipality's residents. Welcome with your application and welcome to a municipality with a thriving business community, a rich civic life, and proximity to nature!
20 position(s).
WORK DUTIES
Now we are looking for you, who with a warm, engaged, and responsible approach wants to work as a nursing assistant/home care assistant in our home care service. With us, you have the opportunity to work close to people, create security, and contribute to our residents being able to live an independent and meaningful life in their own homes. We work according to the Social Services Act and the national value base with a focus on the individual's needs at the center.
As an employee in home care, you work to provide support, service, and care based on each individual's specific needs. The work is based from one of our different offices located in Alstermo, Lenhovda, or Åseda.
Work duties include, among other things:
Personal care
Assistance with meals
Cleaning, laundry, and shopping
Social support and security-promoting measures
Documentation in activity systems
Collaboration with colleagues, family members, and other professionals
The work is independent but with close support from colleagues. You meet people in different life situations and contribute to making each day as good as possible for them. In this professional role, it is required that you show respect and consideration for those you meet in your work. You have an open and positive attitude and have the individual's needs as the basis for your actions. You have the ability to work together with others to complete tasks and achieve goals.
QUALIFICATIONS
We see that you are a calm, confident, and respectful individual with good communication skills in Swedish and experience documenting in various systems. You understand the shared mission, act on it, and contribute to the whole. You work efficiently, can balance different demands, and remain calm in difficult situations. It is a merit if you have experience from home care or other care work, but the most important thing is your attitude and willingness to learn.
Great weight will be placed on personal suitability.
• Driver's license is a requirement!
Pay form: Hourly wage.
Type of employment: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: Start date: 2026-09-07. Start date is by agreement.
Working hours: Working hours are scheduled for day, evening, and night shifts
If you become a candidate for employment, the employer will request an extract from the criminal record register. The Municipal Council has made a decision that all new hires must present a criminal record extract before employment. The extract that must be presented is the extract for work in school or preschool.
To quality assure the recruitment process in Uppvidinge Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format.
In connection with the recruitment work, Uppvidinge Municipality has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar.